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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was a sick man of Tobago
Lived long on rice-gruel and sago;
But at last, to his bliss,
The physician said this:
“To a roast leg of mutton you may go.”



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
  2. There Was An Old Man Of Jamaica
  3. Imitation of The Olden Poets
  4. Cold Are The Crabs
  5. There Was An Old Man Of Vienna


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